me. Only the dunces at the bottom of the class have kept out of it.
Rebecca.
Do you take this so very much to heart, Rector?
Kroll.
Do I take it to heart! To be so thwarted and opposed in the work of my whole life! [Lower.] But I could almost say I don't care about the school—for there is worse behind. [Looks round.] I suppose no one can hear us?
Rebecca.
Oh no, of course not.
Kroll.
Well then, I must tell you that dissension and revolt have crept into my own house—into my own quiet home. They have destroyed the peace of my family life.
Rosmer.
[Rises.] What! Into your own house?
Rebecca.
[Goes over to the Rector.] My dear Rector, what has happened?
Kroll.
Would you believe that my own childrenIn short, it is Laurits that is the ringleader of the school conspiracy; and Hilda has embroidered a red portfolio to keep the "Beacon" in.
Rosmer.
I should certainly never have dreamt that, in your own house
